Memo to Prime Minister Cameron on the Revision of the U.K. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

Authors

Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable DevelopmentFollow
Sam Szoke-Burke, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow

Document Type

Memo/Briefing Note

Publication Date

7-2015

Abstract

In July 2015, CCSI sent a memo to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron to provide input on the 2015 revision of the U.K. National Action Plan on business and human rights, originally published in 2013. The memo applauded the U.K. Government’s early adoption of a National Action Plan consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, noting that responsible and rights-respecting outward investment can support sustainable development in host countries, and that the U.K. Government has an important role to play in promoting responsible business operations. The memo urged the government to highlight the importance of land rights in the revised National Action Plan, and to explore how the plan can address U.K. business conduct related to outward, land-based investments, including in the extractive industries, infrastructure, agriculture, and forestry.

Disciplines

Business | Human Rights Law | International Humanitarian Law | International Law | Land Use Law | Law | Securities Law | Transnational Law

Recommended Citation

Kaitlin Y. Cordes & Sam Szoke-Burke, Memo to Prime Minister Cameron on the Revision of the U.K. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, (2015).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/45